Uber CEO Kalanick to temporarily step down?

The $69 billion company also hired well-regarded academic at Harvard Business School Frances Frei to be its SVP of leadership and strategy, as well as former Apple marketing executive Bozoma Saint John to be its first chief brand officer.

Stepping down as CEO, even temporarily, would be a major setback for Kalanick, who founded the company in 2009 and has been running it ever since - despite mounting criticism over the hard-charging office environment he helped create.

Ubersaid this week it had fired of 20 employees after an investigation into reports of sexual harassment.

Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Alexander's handling of the situation was among the more than 200 claims reported to two law firms which were conducting the investigations into widespread management issues at the company, the report said. Kalanick and other execs reportedly suspected the incident was a sabotage attempt orchestrated by a rival. The former employee said Uber suffered from a chaotic companywide culture of sexism and unprofessional business practices that had serious work-flow consequences, including the abandonment of projects and altered objectives.

Privately valued at almost $70 billion, Uber operates in hundreds of cities around the world. Uber has also been accused of aggressively using tax loopholes.

Can the board oust Kalanick?

Perkins Coie said there are 31 employees in counseling or training, while seven received written warnings from the company.

Some of the recommendations in Holder's firm's report would force greater controls on spending, human resources and other areas where executives led by Kalanick have had a surprising amount of autonomy for a company with more than 12,000 employees, one person familiar with the matter said. Kalanick would either return in a role besides CEO or come back as CEO with fewer responsibilities and more oversight. The upcoming board meeting comes at a bad moment of personal tragedy for Kalanick - last month, his mother was killed in a boating accident, which also left his father gravely ill.

UK's Boris Johnson says PM May is best person to deliver Brexit
Theresa May has been warned she will have to re-think her Brexit negotiating strategy following her humiliation at the ballot box. Meanwhile, DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that talks were ongoing, indicating it may not be such a smooth process after all. 6/12/2017

Jennifer Lawrence unhurt after private jet incident
The spokeswoman said that two passengers and crew members were on board the plane, but did not say that Lawrence was among them. A private plane carrying Oscar victor Jennifer Lawrence was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing in upstate NY . 6/12/2017

Iran kills mastermind behind Tehran attacks, arrests more
It added that the terrorists were detained in the Iranian provinces of Kermanshah, Kordestan, West Azarbaijan and Tehran. Tehran police said the vehicle the attackers used on Wednesday was discovered on Saturday in the city centre. 6/12/2017

Google Music offers extra free month
Google's music streaming service- Google Play Music is offering an extra month of service absolutely free to the new subscribers . As far as the India region is concerned, ad-less streaming service is available at a nominal price of Rs 89 a month only. 6/11/2017

Car strikes pedestrians outside Amsterdam station, 5 injured
Meanwhile, the local Amsterdam Police have not yet made any statement whether the incident was terrorist-related or not. The auto was parked illegally and, when police spoke to the driver, the vehicle pulled away, hitting several people. 6/11/2017

Unseeded Ostapenko wins French Open for 1st title
Halep took the first set, putting Ostapenko in a hole that no woman at the French Open has dug out of in 16 years. Halep failed to climb atop the top place on WTA world rankings after suffering another defeat as she did in 2014. 6/11/2017

London Bridge attacker tried to rent larger truck
CNN's Sandi Sidhu met him several times while reporting on the group in the United Kingdom between 2014 and 2016. Mr Pigeard, born in Paris, was one of three French victims among the eight people killed in London Bridge. 6/11/2017